Over a Candle

I was listening to Rickie Lee Jones’ “Stewart’s Coat” this morning. And it struck me how appropriate it seemed for me.

How long has it taken for me to learn to crawl? How many chances have I needed to get some of this thing called “life” right? Or the thing called “love”? I’m a slow learner.

And there are many walks in the rain I never want to live through again.

It’s a good song. Today, it caught my attention again resonated deeply.

Hold me love, I can’t sleep again
Will I have to kiss your nose?
I wanna lay here next to him, love

I remember walking in the rain
Rain was falling on my hands
I don’t wanna live through that again, no

Outside the heart it gets dark now
And I was walking in the park now
Children singing songs that
Will now make all our dreams come true
I’m in love with you

I know it takes is love
Love is a healing thing
When you give everything
You’re loving the world
The world gives you love to hold onto
Remembering, we seldom remember love

Chorus:
(Somewhere) Just give me many chances
(Far away) I’ll see you through it all
(Remember) Just give me time to learn to crawl

In September, when the rain comes and the wind blows
I will see you walking in the coat of ?
If you’ll let me, I will keep you here inside the stars
I will love the salt on my sheets
Oh you’ll love me?(repeat chorus)

I think I’ve talked about this before… Rickie Lee Jones, for me, summons winter. Her music always makes me think about the season.

This started nineteen years ago. Her album Flying Cowboys came out. And I would sit up, all night, doing homework, with VH-1 on in the background. “Satellites” would play ever so often. And I fell in love with that song.

I bought the album (well, the tape, at the time), and listened to it that entire winter. One of the characters that has populated several pieces of my fiction comes from that song. And that was the year that I was first introduced to runes. The little girl in the video for the song is carrying around a runestone of Mannaz, “The Self.”

Since winter seems trying to settle in now, I am listening to a lot of Rickie Lee Jones lately. I’m hoping to embed the video below. (The YouTube video won’t embed, so I’m hoping this other site works. If not, you can click on the YouTube link at the bottom to go watch the video and listen to the song.)

Enjoy winter!

“Satellites” on YouTube

The embedding for the other site didn’t work. I hate to send you off-site to watch the video. But it’s only four minutes, and it’s such a good song, that it’s worth the quick visit to YouTube if you have the time.